SECURITY VOLUNTEER SHOT DEAD
A security volunteer chief from Rusoh district in Narathiwat was shot dead by a group of six hooded men while on his way to tap rubber, police said yesterday.
Muelor Mali, 55, the wife of Sama-ae Mali, 63, the security volunteer who was killed, said she was riding pillion on a motorcycle driven by her husband to tap rubber in a nearby plantation. They were stopped by the group of six men in a pickup with an unknown licence plate. The hooded men were fully armed and asked her husband to show his national ID card before taking him with them in the car.
She thought they were state officials wanting to question her husband. She went home and was alerted by locals that he was found dead on a street. He was shot three times in his head and body.
Police suspect that insurgents tried to get Sama-ae to reveal confidential information but he refused to cooperate so they killed him. They believe that insurgents dressed like state officials to mislead locals that officials were responsible for the murder.
Meanwhile, a one-kilogram trap mine, in a PVC tube buried under the ground, was defused by security officials in Tambon Romsai in Narathiwat’s Sukhirin district. Police said insurgents wanted to harm defence volunteers for teachers who often rest in the area after their patrol.
